Shloka 25
अयोध्यावर्णनम्
Description of Ayodhya under Daśaratha
भद्रैर्मन्द्रैर्मृगैश्चैव भद्रमन्द्रमृगैस्तथा।भद्रमन्द्रैर्भद्रमृगैर्मृगमन्द्रैश्च सा पुरी।नित्यमत्तैस्सदा पूर्णा नागैरचलसन्निभै:।।1.6.25।।
bhadrair mandrair mṛgaiś caiva bhadramandramṛgais tathā |
bhadramandrair bhadramṛgair mṛgamandraiś ca sā purī |
nityamattaiḥ sadā pūrṇā nāgair acalasannibhaiḥ || 1.6.25 ||
ထိုမြို့သည် တောင်တန်းကဲ့သို့ ထင်ရှားသော ဆင်ကြီးများဖြင့် အမြဲပြည့်နှက်နေ၏—နိစ္စမုဿ်ထ်ဝင်၍ မူးယစ်သကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်ကြပြီး—ဘဒ္ဒရ၊ မန္ဒရ၊ မೃဂ အမျိုးအစားများနှင့်၊ ပေါင်းစပ်မျိုးများဖြစ်သော ဘဒ္ဒရ–မန္ဒရ၊ ဘဒ္ဒရ–မೃဂ၊ မೃဂ–မန္ဒရ တို့လည်း ပါဝင်၏။
The city (of Ayodhya) was always full of intoxicated elephants resembling mountains belonging to the races of Bhadra, Mandra, Mriga and interbreed of these three races, interbreed of races of Bhadra and Mandra, Bhadra and Mriga, Mriga and Mandra.
FAQs
The verse indirectly supports dharma through the ideal of a stable, well-resourced capital: prosperity and power are portrayed as instruments for protection and public order.
Ayodhyā’s abundance is elaborated by listing elephant breeds and crossbreeds, emphasizing the city’s continuous readiness and wealth.
Institutional strength: the capital’s enduring capacity reflects organized governance and preparedness.